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4R2 27, 4 (P395819)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 4R2 27, 4 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395819 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 1 27' | the lord, the great hero, give strength |
| obverse col 2 19' | May Babu, the lady of the house, give strength to you |
| obverse col 1 31' | The lord of the life of the land, the protection of heaven and earth |
| obverse col 2 20' | a tooth of the sea that is to be smashed |
| obverse col 1 25' | a reed mat on the rebel land, a reed mat |
| obverse col 2 7' | judge of the land, beer of the pure place |
| obverse col 2 3' | I will give you strength and strength |
| obverse col 1 14' | to the great lady Enlil by strength |
| obverse col 2 15' | ... his... |
| obverse col 2 17' | female singer who makes the utterances pleasant |
| obverse col 2 24' | The sage, the father who begot him, |
| obverse col 2 25' | to ulaganar |
| obverse col 2 11' | who perfects the sweet kisikil ritual |
| obverse col 1 9' | Sîn-nishtu-disease, whose womb is distant, |
| obverse col 1 1' | en priestess of supplication(?) and supplication |
| reverse col 4 7' | Princess of the city, great mother of Ninlil |
| reverse col 4 6' | ... |
| obverse col 2 6' | I am the lord of Ningublaga, who gives strength |
| obverse col 2 14' | Gibil in battle a reed fence |
| obverse col 2 9' | to Utu-abbara the strength |
| obverse col 1 11' | faithful woman of the Esuga temple |
| reverse col 4 5' | lord of the house...... |
| obverse col 2 8' | ...... |
| obverse col 2 12' | ... furious... |
| obverse col 1 28' | a temple bearing fearsomeness, a person bearing an enemy |
| obverse col 1 23' | I am the one who purifies the strength of his mother |
| obverse col 1 10' | For the great mother Ninlil, you will strength |
| obverse col 2 5' | ...-qu |
| obverse col 2 4' | via battle, stationed |
| obverse col 2 27' | ... who in the midst of the world... |
| obverse col 1 24' | (and) Lillum, the father who begot him |
| obverse col 2 23' | son of er-mlla, the father who begot him |
| reverse col 4 2' | chief hero of the Eumea temple |
| obverse col 2 29' | ... pure... |
| reverse col 4 4' | great hero, lord of the Erabrru |
| obverse col 2 18' | the moon was... |
| obverse col 2 21' | ... which is above the sea. |
| obverse col 1 30' | wild bulls, mashtakal-plants, and Sumer |
| obverse col 2 10' | ama... |
| obverse col 2 13' | to Sudag, the beautiful woman, I will give you strength |
| obverse col 2 16' | For the lady of the Eanna temple, you have given strength. |
| obverse col 1 19' | to the lord ulpa’e, the strength |
| obverse col 2 28' | Thus (says) Ebebra: |
| reverse col 4 3' | the Great Mountain Dikuma |
| obverse col 1 4' | In the great mountain of Enlil, you will be the strength of Enlil |
| obverse col 1 26' | it is Hand of a Broken Land |
| obverse col 2 26' | who perfects the seven dining halls |
| obverse col 2 22' | For Igalima, you will strengthen the strength |
| reverse col 4 1' | the alima priest of Ura |
| obverse col 1 20' | whose greatness and fearsomeness |
| obverse col 1 29' | for the silver of the lady of Nippur, the strength |
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- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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